Truss



(No Model.)

B. VAN NOTE.

TRUSS.

No. 340,067. Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

wifizesses:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN VAN NOTE, OF HAMILTON, MISSOURI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,067, dated April13, 1886.

Application filed April 4, 1885. Serial No. 161,226.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that LEDWIN VAN NOTE, a citizen ofthe United States,residing in Hamilton,

in the county of Caldwell and State of Missouri, have invented a new anduseful Surgical Appliance known as a Truss for Hernia, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention is an improvement in trusses, and particularly in thatclass of such devices in which the pad-arm is pivotally connected with asupport and is engaged and actuated by a coiled spring wound on suchsupportand capable of being set at different points rotarily thereon.

The present invention relates particularly to the novel constructionwhereby the spring may be set and held at different rotary points on thesupport, to which end it consists in the construction and combination ofparts hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my truss, and Fig. 2is a detail view of the support.

A suitable band, B, has astem or extension, 0, which forms a support forthe pad-arm and the spring therefor. The band is formed of metal ofsufficient malleability to be bentinto any desired shape and ofsufiicient body to retain such shape, in order to be properly fitted topersons of different shapes or sizes. This support C has its extremityor outer end formed with a non-circular or angular portion, X, and athreaded point, T. At its opposite or inner end the support has anon-circular portion, E. The spring S is formed of wire coiled intoshape, and provided between its ends with a loop=bail, L, by which toengage the arm J of pad P. The end coils of this spring are formednon-circular at Y and Z, corresponding to the portions E and X of thesupport.

The pad-arm is pivoted on the support centrally between portions E andX, and may (No model.)

To apply the spring and pad-arm to the support,the spring is slippedendwise thereon until its loop or bail comes opposite the threaded pointwhen the pad-arm is placed on the support, and the remaining half of thespring is applied, the non-circular end portions fitting one on each ofthe non-circular portions, when the spring may be secured by the nut N.

To set the spring rotarily to different points on the support, it isonly necessary to release the fastening-screw, move the spring slightlyalong the support to detach the engaging noncircular portions, then turnthe spring to the desired point,when by moving it onto the non-circularportion it will he thereby held from turning, and may be secured by thenut, as shown.

The construction it will be seen is very simple, and may be made atsmall cost. By the peculiar formation of the spring, I avoid allattachments thereto which add to the initial cost of such devices, andrender them more likely to get out of order by increasing the number ofparts, and thus complicating the device.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

A truss substantially as herein described and shown, consisting of thesupport provided at its opposite ends with non-circularport-ions E andX, the coil-spring having the coils at its opposite ends formednon-circular and conformed to the portions E and X of the support, andthe pivoted pad arm engaged by said spring, substantially as set forth.

E. VAN NOTE.

Witnesses:

G. H. OGDEN, WILL. MoFFIT.

